I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his usual generosity in giving way. As he knows, it is my view that one reason why we have difficulties with pensions is that actuaries messed up their interpretation of growing life expectancy and did not advise pension schemes accordingly. Against that background, can he assure me that the statistics board will not be packed with actuaries—either among its three executive members or, most importantly, among its six non-executive members? The track record of that profession is at best mixed.
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rob Marris
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 January 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Statistics and Registration Service Bill.
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